AIM is a government approved higher education contribution provider. This means AIM students doing a Bachelor Degree or higher can apply for FEE-HELP, a Commonwealth Government loan scheme for students, to help pay your FEES. 

FEE-HELP is available to Australian citizens and holders of special visas resident in Australia for the duration of the course. AIM will assist you in applying for FEE-HELP. 

More information on FEE-HELP can be found at

www.goingtouni.gov.au  OR call 1800 020 108 

All Australian AIM students can also apply for Austudy. We can also advise you on other types of student loans if necessary. 

Important things to know about FEE Help and AIM.  

• The closing date for completing and submitting a Request for FEE-HELP assistance form for a unit of study is on or before the census date for that unit.  
• Applications received after the census date will not be accepted.
• AIM Census dates for 2008 are:
  • Semester 1 - 12th February 2008 
  • Semester 2 - 3rd June 2008
  • Semester 3 - 23rd September 2008
• FEE-HELP can cover all or part of a studentís tuition fees, up to a lifetime limit of $50,000.  
• A loan fee of 20% applies only to FEE-HELP loans for undergraduate courses of study. This does not count towards the FEE-HELP limit.  
• FEE-HELP is available to Australian citizens, or the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa who will be resident in Australia for the duration of the unit.  
• An eligible unit of study is part of a course of study leading to a Bachelor Degree or postgraduate award.  
• There is no application fee for requesting FEE-HELP.  
• There is no real interest charged to FEE-HELP debts. The accumulated HELP debt is indexed annually by adjusting it in line with the Consumer Price Index. The indexation adjustment is made on 1 June each year and applies to the portion of debt which has remained unpaid for 11 months or more.  
• Copies or facsimiles of the Request for FEE-HELP assistance form are not acceptable and must be signed by the applicant only. 
• Applicants are asked to provide a Tax File Number when completing and signing the Request fore FEE-HELP assistance form.  
• A new Request for FEE-HELP assistance form needs to be submitted where there is a transfer to a different course of study or there is a change in the higher education provider.  
• Compulsory repayment of the HELP debt occurs when the HELP repayment income is above $36,184.